New study ranks Connecticut’s roads among the nation’s worst

Connecticut”™s roads were ranked among the worst maintained in the nation, according to a new study released by QuoteWizard, an online insurance marketplace.

Using figures from the Federal Highway Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the study found the nation”™s deteriorating roads and bridges cost the average American driver $556 every year, resulting in nearly $120 billion in vehicle repair and operating costs.

Connecticut ranked fourth in the nation for dismal roads, with costs of $676 per year to local motorists. The study determined that 34% of Connecticut”™s roads and 10.2% of its bridges were in poor or “nonacceptable” condition. Rhode Island, Mississippi and West Virginia ranked first, second and third in the study for unsatisfactory roads and bridges.

“It”™s the opposite of ”˜You get what you pay for,”™” said Nick VinZant, senior research analyst at QuoteWizard, a LendingTree company. “Drivers in some states are paying over $800 a year, and our team of analysts at QuoteWizard found that between 25% to 50% of their roads are in poor condition.”